Alex Ross Perry, the director behind Sundance indie film Listen Up Philip, has been hired to write the new movie about AA Milne’s much-loved yellow bear and his Hundred Acre Wood pals.

The storyline will focus on Christopher Robin’s adult life and his memories of Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and the gang.

It remains unknown whether the characters will be real or computer-animated animals with voiceovers from actors and how the whole thing will go down with the ever-pessimistic Eeyore (not well, we suspect).